Paper and magazine holder



July- 14, 1925.

M. J. BRUMMITT PAPER AND MAGAZINE HOLDER Filed Oct'. 1'7. 1924 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES.

MYRON J. BRUMMITT, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

PAPER AND IVJIAGAZINISI HOLDER.

Application filed October 17, 1924. Serial No. 744,245.

T 0 all whom e't may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRoN J. BRUMMITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper and Magazine Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clamping devices and has for its object the provision of a novel device adapted to be mounted upon a house, Wall or other support for the purpose of holding papers, magazines and similar articles delivered by mail carriers and others.

An important and most specific object is the provision of a device of this character which is of a resilient nature whereby to clampingly engage against the newspaper, magazine or the like and hold the same firmly so that it cannot drop down and be come lost or blown away.

Another object is the provision of a. device of this character which, in actual practice, may be formed from a single length of spring wire bent and coiled into the necessary shape and which will consequently be extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture.

lVith the above and other ob 'ects and advantages in View, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device looking at the front thereof, and

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have shown my holder or clamp as formed from a single length of resilient wire of suitable gauge and finished in any desirable manner not only to have a pleasing appea 'ance but also to be capable of withstanding the weather. In constructing the device, the length of wire, indicated broadly by the numeral 10, is bent at its center to define a U-shape yoke 11, at the ends of the arms 12 of which the wire is formed into several coils 13 from which it is extended laterally at 14: and brought along straight stretches 15 spaced from and parallel with the arms 12 of the yoke. At the ends of the lengths or stretches 15 the wire is coiled several times as shown at 16 and extended from the ends thereof in spaced parallel relation to the stretches 15 to define attaching arms 17 terminating in eyes or loops 18 through which may be passed suitable securing members such as screws 19 or the likewhereby the device may be properly anchored upon the wall A of a building or upon any other support. To describe the base generally, the device might be said to include three U-shaped portions spaced apart but connected by coils. Attention is directed to the fact that the arms 12 of the yoke and the arm members ,15 are correspondingly or similarly curved so that the coils 13 will be spaced away from the wall or other support. This curvature of these members also brings the bight portion of the yoke 10 away from the wall so that it may be conveniently grasped by a letter-can rier or other persons and swung upwardly to permit of the insertion of a newspaper, magazine or the like between the yoke 10 and the members 15 and 17. If desired, the articles to be held may simply be inserted downwardly between the coils 13 and wall of the building or other support. Naturally there is no limitation as to the exact manner of use especially as it is apparent that either arrangement may be used as preferred.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings, it will be apparent that I have thus provided a very simply constructed, inexpensive and easily installed and operated device for the purpose specified which will be a great saver of time and labor, and which will be of additional advantage inasmuch as it will prevent papers and the like from being blown away and lost or destroyed. Furthermore, owing to the fact that the device is constructed from a single piece of material it is apparent that there are no separate moving parts to get out of order so that the device should possess great durability.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that I reserve the right to make suchchanges in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

A- clamping device of the character described formed from a single length of wire bent to define a U-shaped central yoke memlUU her curved longitudinally throughout its ditionally coiled at the ends of said last len 'th the Wire bein coiled at the ends of named aortions and extended in s aced rela- D 7 Z: a

the arms of saidy'oli-e and extendealater-ally; V the Wire being further extended from said terminating in eyes.

5 lateral portions in spaced. substantially par- In testimony whereof I aflrr my signature.

allel relation to the arms of the yoke and longitudinally curved, the wire being ad- MYRON J. BRUMMITT.

tion 'therewith to define straight stretches 10 

